Assessment of the Competency Level of Indigenous Construction Companies on Building Project Delivery in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja

Abstract

The study assesses the competency level of indigenous construction companies on building project delivery in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Nigeria. The target population for this study comprised of 267 so no sampling was carried out. A structured questionnaire designed by the researcher was used to elicit information from respondents after subjecting it to face and content validity by two experts from Building Technology option in the Department of Industrial and Technology Education. Federal University of Technology; Minna, Niger State and one expert from the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The instruments for collection of data were pilot tested to determine the reliability coefficient and the reliability coefficient of the instrument was obtained to be 0.783. A structured questionnaire titled; Assessment of The Competency Level of Indigenous Construction Companies on Building Project Deli very was usedfor data collection by the researcher with the aid ofthree (3) research assistants and from the data collected Mean and Standard Deviation was used to answer the research questions while the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significant. The findings of the study revealed that the indigenous construction company are capable in preparing building project details determine designated land use, capable of selecting and assessing site including the site appropriateness and specialized consultant, contractors ensure their project are completed within a schedule time. The study thus recommends that the indigenous company contractors should employ competent personnel and always embark on train then continuously and indigenous construction company should embrace project management technique, consultants or service providers' selection so as to procure very suitable qualified personnel for project and Issues such as resources, technological abilities.